River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-10
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Last week, James Langworthy, of
Manitowoc, died at the age of "A years.
Potatoes are being marketed IN Am
herSt at the rate of about 1000 bushels
a day.
The Turner society of Watertown is
making preparations for masquerade
ball to be held on Saturday, February
10, 1887.
w. ID. Hoard, of Hoard's Dairyman,
will deliver an address before the inter-
state farmers convention 1t Lake
Charles, La, Feb. -.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers at Baraboo have made ar
rangements for grand masquerade
ball February IA.
The Richland Center cornet bard
will give its third masquerade carnival
at the home rink, on Thursday evening,
this week.
Anton Fischer, of Baraboo, was adj
judged insane last Saturday, and has
been taken to the Mendoza hospital
FOR eight years he was county clerk for
Sank county.
Thirty-fve of Fond du Lac county's
insane were removed from the northern
asylum to the new county hospital,
Tuesday The removal was effected
under the management and supervi-
sion of the county poor farm committee
of the county board.
There is a settlement of fishermen
on the lake opposite Beaver Dam, with
fifteen or twenty fish shantieS. They
catch bullhcads through the ice, receiv-
ing from 20 to 80 cents a bushel, some
of the men making $40 week even at
that rate.
The Fort Howard assembly of the
Knights of Labor adopted a resolution
a few days ago, asking President Cleve-
land to appoint John Platten, Sr., of
Fort Howard. as commissioner under
the new Interstate commerce bill.
Harry. son of Hon. n. L. James, of
Richand Center, left home for New
York on Monday where he will visit
till next June, when he viii 90 To
West Point for examination for adj
mission rs a cadet to that military
school, having received an appointment
from Congressman Thomas.
Out of nmety-two business men on
East Water street. Milwaukee, fiftv-tive
favor cremation, and it is thought the
society formed some months ago TO
build crematory will 90 on and build
it. IT will take $4,000 and would be
erected in Forest Home cemetery.
The hired girl of Marinette family
frequently used kerosene to start the
kitchen fire. As she would not give
up the practice the man of the house
filled the can with water. Breakfast
was about two hours late the next day
and the girl ; excuse was that she left
the woodshed door open and snow
covered all the wood.
John Oaks miner. hanged himself
to the shaft-rope of the Auro mine near
Hurley. last Tuesday morning. lie
left his boarding house in his night
clothes, worked the windlass. made the
rope fast around his neck and jumped
down the shaft. where he was found
hanging at the ropes end.
&. j. l.. Meyer, OF Fond du Lac. Is
about to establish a hardwood factory
at Hermansville. on the 500 road. 1t
will be 60 BY 24O feet, aside from the
engine and boiler departments. 1t viii
be ready in August aud employ 100
men, Eight million feet hard wood !
are already on the ground to supply |
the new factory.
F. NJ. Fenner. the young man arrest
ed for forgery while he was Temporal
rily in charge of The Chiffon Times,
claimed to be closely related to White
law Reed, of The New York Tribune, /
and to have occupied the chair of ex-
change editor ofThe New York World, |
and declared his intention of establish
ing a Sunday morning newspaper IN
Appleton.
A petition mas been circulated by /
Sheriff Dolphin, of Grant county,